THE CATEGORY OF NEGATION IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DISCOURSE (TRANSLATION ASPECT)

Abstract

The language used in scientific and technical literature has unique characteristics in terms of grammar, vocabulary, phrases, and sentence structure. These features often make translation challenging. Negative statements are fundamental to human communication and form a distinct linguistic category. This category is universally present in all languages and styles and is studied by researchers across various linguistic levels, including lexical, morphological, grammatical, and semantic. In English, including in scientific texts, negation is categorised into grammatical, lexical, and lexico-grammatical types, which can pose translation difficulties. The article's authors aimed to analyse negation constructions in scientific and technical literature and suggest translation methods. The present work delves into different types of negative constructions and aims to distinguish between general and partial negation. The authors also discussed the main differences between the negation constructions in English and Ukrainian in their article. They analysed the main ways of translating negation constructions in modern scientific and technical texts. The work distinguished two types of negation in a sentence: general negation and partial negation. The research emphasised that in English scientific and technical texts, the means of expressing negation are divided into grammatical, lexical, and lexico-grammatical categories. There are different ways to translate these constructions based on the type of negation. General negation is part of a predicate or subject group; its scope covers the whole sentence. It often includes special constructions that must be translated carefully, avoiding a literal translation. Partial negation can refer to different parts of a sentence. Negative constructions in English scientific and technical literature have specific features that necessitate special attention from translators due to potential stumbling blocks created by negations.